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C. S. KEPLER.

v COLD PACK COOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1919. v 1,345,601. Patented J y 6 1926".

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5 vwamtoz C. S. KEPLER.

COLD PACK COOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1919.

Patented July fi, mm

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COLD-EACK COOKING DEVICE.

narrator.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLELL S. lKEPLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iiieosauqua, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use-- i in] Cold-Pack Cooking Devlce, of winch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cold pack cooking apparatus of that type especlally de signed for household use in putting up fruit, vegetables and other perishable substances for future use and has forits object the ing tank and lowered thereinto, it being within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utlhty of apparatus of that class to which the present invention appertains and it is to be understood that slight changes may be made in the device without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of the cooker in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. is a sectional elevation;

Fig. 4: is an end elevation.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference the numeral 1 is applied to a tank of desirable shape and size to meet the requirements of the user, the tank having a removable cover 2.

portion 8 which is adapted to enter an open ing in a h1g9 secured to the tank lfur ther support for the shelf is prov ded by legs 10 said legs being pivotally connected to lugs 11, which are secured to the cleats 6, a wing nut and bolt 12 forming the pivotal connection.

Should it be necessary to find other sup port for the legs 10 than the top of the stove, auxiliary legs 13 may be attached to the legs 10 and adjusted to reach the floor, slots 14 being provided for securing the legs Eapccification of Letters Eatent.

AppIication filed September 5, 1919. Serial Ito. 321,770.

together by means of the bolt 12 and a bolt 15, passing through an eye in the lower end of the leg 10. p

i A tray 16 of open work construction for receiving the jars of provisions to be cooked is provided withbails 17 having an eye 18 for attaching to a Windlass to be presently described. 1

The tank at either side has an car 19 to which is pivoted at 20 socket members 21 extending to the top of the tank. A keeper 22 secured to the tank and embracing the socket limits the swinging movement of the latter to a vertical position in one direction and to an inclined position in the other direction. @tandards 23 are removably mounted in the sockets 21 and are connected near their upper ends by a brace 24. A drum 25 mounted for rotation at the upper end of the standards 23, has Wound thereon flexible elements 26 provided with hooks 21' for engaging the eyes 18 of the tray. A.

a crank 28 is attached to the drum for rotating the same, the crank being provided with an extension 29. A pin 30 adapted to be placed in an opening 31 in the standards 23 prevents rotation of the drum and the tray may by this means, be held at any elevation desired.

When the sockets 21 carrying the windlass frame are in the vertical position heretofore described the tray of fruit is located directly over the cooking tank and a latch 32 pivoted at 33 to the keeper 22 has an odset end et which may be moved back of the socket to retain the Windlass in position over the tank. From this position the loaded tray may be lowered into the tank until it rests on lugs 35 secured to the sides of the tank said lugs supporting the jars of fruit spaced from the bottom of the tank.

In use the tank is placed on a stove or other heating medium with the legs 10 resting on the top thereof. Should there not be sufficient size to the top of the stove to ac- (jsommodate the tank and tray, the auxiliary legs 15:3 are attached to legs 10 as heretofore described and the shelf 3 left to project from over the stove. The tray 16 is placed on the shelf and filled with jars packed with produce for preserving, the Windlass is then used to elevate the tray and move the same to the tank and after the cooking operation to remove it to the shelf again.

When not in use the device may be knocked down and stored in small space as i will readily be seen.

Havingthus described the invention what is claimed is: H V

1, In a device of the class described, a

receptacle, socket members pivotally connected to the receptacle, a frame carried by the sockets, a tray-adapted to enter the receptacle and means carried by the frame for moving the tray into theqreceptacle.

2. Ina device of the class described, a

receptacle, socket members pivotally connectedto there'ceptacle', means carried by the receptacle to limit the swinging movement ofthe sockets, aframe carried by the sockets, and means'mounted' on the frame for moving material into the receptacle.

In a device of the class described, a receptacle, socket members pivotally' mounted on the receptacle, a keeper embracing each of 'the'socket members for'limiting the swinging movement of the sockets, a 'latch on thekeep'er for locking the socket in one position, a frame carried by the sockets and g a windlass mounted on the frame for mov terial into the tank. V

5. 111 a device of the class described, a

tank, a shelf detachably connected to the tank and provided with extensible legs, a frame pivotally connected to the tank, a keeper for limiting the movement of the frame, a Windlass mounted on the frame, means for interrupting the rotation of the Windlass, and a tray adapted to be moved by the frame and the Windlass from the shelf to the tank..

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CLELL S. KEPLER. Witnesses M. J. MUNSON, S. BROWNLEE. 

